Font Squirrel

What is Font Squirrel?

Font Squirrel is a free font resource and generator for web designers and developers. It provides high quality, commercial-use fonts that can be downloaded and used in personal and commercial projects.

Font Squirrel also offers a webfont generator that allows users to convert their own fonts into webfonts that can be deployed on websites. This tool supports a wide range of font formats, including TTF, OTF, WOFF, and SVG.

Features

• Free commercial-use fonts
• Webfont generator
• Font matching tool
• Font identifier tool
• Font pairing suggestions
• Font subsets and character maps
• Font hosting and delivery service

How to use Font Squirrel

To use Font Squirrel, follow these steps:

1. Visit the Font Squirrel website.
2. Browse or search for a font that you want to download.
3. Click on the font to view its details page.
4. Click the "Download" button to download the font.
5. Use the font in your design or convert it to a webfont using the webfont generator.

Font Squirrel API

Font Squirrel also offers an API that developers can use to programmatically search and retrieve fonts from their database. This API is well-documented and easy to use, making it a popular choice among developers.

Here is an example of how to use the Font Squirrel API to retrieve a list of popular fonts:

```python
import requests

response = requests.get('https://www.fontsquirrel.com/api/fonts/popular')

if response.status_code == 200:
    fonts = response.json()
    for font in fonts:
        print(font['family'])
else:
    print('An error occurred.')
```markdown

Conclusion

Font Squirrel is a great resource for web designers and developers looking for high quality, free fonts that can be used in personal and commercial projects. Its webfont generator and other tools make it easy to customize and optimize fonts for web use. Additionally, its API offers a convenient way for developers to programmatically access font data.